Welcome
At Fall Creek Wesleyan we value families and understand that children are a gift from the Lord! It is our desire to provide a safe, caring environment in which your child will be surrounded by God's love and grow to know Him.
Your child will be introduced to the Bible stories, the life and message of Jesus, and concepts about God through developmentally appropriate and biblically engaging ministry for nursery, toddlers, preschool, elementary, and preteen kids.
Sundays
Children
Kids start in worship service with their families; they are dismissed during the service to the main lobby. There they meet their disciple-group leaders and head to their class for a time of Bible-based instruction that is interactive and age-appropriate. You will pick up your child at the following rooms in our children’s ministry hallway:
Preschool – Engineers
1st & 2nd Grade – Busy Boilers
3rd & 4th Grade – Freight Cars
Preteens
Preteens will be dismissed from their room (upstairs) at 11:37.
The Freedom Club
Kids with special needs meet upstairs (in room 202) during the entire worship service.
Nursery
Care of infants and toddlers is offered (in the nursery) during the entire worship service.
Pre-Teens
A program designed just for 5th and 6th graders is provided Sunday morning during worship and Wednesday evenings (NO FEAR) from 6:30pm - 8:00pm.
Preteens seek community, identity, and significance. We offer your preteen this in a Christian environment and a space just for them!
The Freedom Club
We are excited to offer this new ministry for our kids who have special needs. The Freedom Club allows parents to be free to worship as a typical family and their child to be free to be themselves for an hour a week.
Classes offered during the worship services; parents can drop their children off (room 202) at 10:15 and pick them up after the serivce.
Awana
Offered Wednesday evenings 6:30pm - 8:00pm during the school year
Awana is a Bible-centered, kid-friendly program that emphasizes Scripture memory, encourages family connections, and helps create positive relationships. Kids will engage in large group Bible story time and worship, small group discipleship and Scripture memory, and activity-based circle time.
There are programs from kids preschool through fourth grade:
Cubbies: preschool-age children learn that God loves them and sent His Son to be their Savior
Sparks: kindergarten through second-graders discover God's plan of salvation and a walk with Jesus
Truth & Training: third- and fourth graders helping them develop a biblical worldview
For more information, Contact Kristin Hand.
Safety
Your child’s safety is important to us. In order to provide the best environment for them, please complete the yellow registration card. (Get your copy from the check-in desk in the lobby on Sunday mornings.)
Your family will be issued a Family ID# and card that you will use to pick your child up from their disciple group classroom. The same ID# will be used for Awana, VBS, and any other special events we host.
Communication
We would like to keep you updated on the latest information, events, and happenings for Fall Creek Kids. Please subscribe to the newsletter (or request subscription via email) so you can be included in these information blasts.
If you have questions on our children’s ministry program, please feel free to contact Rev. Colleen Derr, Director of Children’s Ministries, at derrc@wesleyan.org or 317-774-7981.
Leadership Team
Meet your children's ministry leadership team
Colleen Derr: Director of Children's Ministries
Kelsie Simmons: Early Childhood Team Leader
Jenny Lundberg: Elementary Team Leader
Amy Steiner: Preteen Team Leader
Brenda Wilson: Administration Team Leader
Becky Gerig: Family Connection Team Leader
Kristin Hand: AWANA Team Leader
Margaret Christner: Special Needs Team Leader
